Battle Of The Planets is an Americanised version of the Japanese anime Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.

It follows the G-Force team, a group of heroes who protect Earth from alien threats. They wear thigh-high boots and capes and generally defend the planet (you wouldn’t have guessed from the title, we know).

The directing duo are keeping themselves busy (Picture: Getty Images)

And the Russo bros are just as downright ecstatic about the adaptation as we are.

Anthony rocked a vintage Battle Of The Planets T-shirt on the panel, while Joe admitted he and his brother would rush home from school every day to watch the show.

The brothers also revealed they’re cooking up an adaptation of the comic book, Grimjack, which Anthony said was a ‘deep cut’ that the pair loved as kids.

‘We love Marvel, we’ve had an incredible experience with them,’ said Joe. ‘It’s why we’ve made four movies in six years with them. They’re like family to us. I think they do a great job of separating “church and state,” where we’re focused on the projects we’re focused on, and someone else will focus on those other projects.’

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Speaking to Business Insider, he added: ‘We’d work with them in any capacity moving forward, and we value as much as anything in our work life the quality of the people we’re around and quality of the life that we have when we’re working with those people, and that’s A++ when you’re working with Marvel.’